"hextree" meaning in English

See hextree in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hextrees [plural]
Etymology: From hex- + tree. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hex|tree}} hex- + tree Head templates: {{en-noun}} hextree (plural hextrees)
  1. A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to sixteen children. It can be used to partition a four-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it. Related terms: binary tree, quadtree, octree

Inflected forms

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